Jens, 2009-05-04, From 3D model to interactive door in the HPL 2 engine

[jens]

Hey!

This work log shows how you go from having a 3D model to making it interactive and useable in the game. See me use my very best skills to make a 3D model, then use the HPL2 model editor to create the ingame behaviour, the HPL2 level editor to do a quick and ugly test level and then finally take the test model & level for a test run.

[WindexGlow]

lol@penumbra/lux folder.

Anyways, pretty good. Editor's looking pretty good.

[nackidno]

Really nice Jens! It looks easy enough to use!

[MisterJim]

Awesome! That looks like it was pretty easy and straight forward.

Is that music from "Unknown"? Sounds really great, especially when the chorus comes in.

[WindexGlow]

The music is likely old or used from one of their earlier games. Lux is still a year off.

Some fun little pictures I took, which shows off some of the options and the folder (lol@location again).
This one mostly shows off the available options on the left side. You can even make primitives!
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6640/26835682.jpg

This one shows off the other side - while the top left buttons are too small, it shows 2 tabs. Translation (position of object) and entity (game-options, for example locked)
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/3803/16600082.jpg

For the creepy forum stalkers like me, this one shows off a pretty boring list of folders. Funny how it's in penumbra
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6485/49914721.jpg

[Thomas]

(05-04-2009 08:53 PM)MisterJim Wrote:  Is that music from "Unknown"? Sounds really great, especially when the chorus comes in.

Yup, that music is made especially for Unknown.

[spukrian]

Looks cool! And the music is quite spectacular!

[Kedjane]

Woah. Music sounded a bit... too epic? Reminded me of the title screen music of Empire Earth.
I did like the way the door glowed (or was that just me?) and the crosshair looks nice, but I prefer just having the dot.

[Tommy Gun]

Cool! keep up the good updates..

(and awesome music!)

[WindexGlow]

Question to the devs: Does the game optimize walls/multiple objects in rendering? I'm pretty stupid in how engines work still, but in most game engines object calls are more demanding than polygon count.